Open AccessPro-Еuropean elected representative in the presidential elections in Austria (2016)
Author(s) -
Vitaly Semenko
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ìstoriko-polìtičnì problemi sučasnogo svìtu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-2372
pISSN - 2519-4518
DOI - 10.31861/mhpi2019.39.147-155
Subject(s) - presidential system , victory , political science , presidential election , politics , political economy , population , general election , public administration , law , sociology , demography
The article deals with the next presidential election in the Republic of Austria, which took place on December 4, 2016, and ended with the victory of the famous leader of the Green Party Alexander Van der Bellen, who takes a clear pro-European stance and adheres to a liberal position on migration and refugee rights. The main results, conclusions of outstanding political scientists, experts who were engaged in research of presidential elections in Austria are in details analyzed. The main powers, functions of the federal president are analyzed. Specific features of the presidential election 2016, which occurred during the global upheavals, pro-European, pro-Russian and Euroskeptic sentiments of the Austrian population are in details characterized.
Keywords: presidential elections, political system, political party, euroscepticism, migration.